scenic viewpoint
Norangsdalen Valley
Norway's narrowest valley road, squeezed between scree walls between Hellesylt and the Hjørundfjord.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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Volda
Møre og Romsdal, Norway · Europe
About Volda
Volda sits on the route: 15 minutes from Ørsta, 53km from Geirangerfjord.
Volda is in Møre og Romsdal, Norway, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ørsta, about 7 km away.
Volda is the administrative centre of Volda Municipality, in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern shore of the Voldsfjorden, just less than 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the village of Ørsta.
The 3.78-square-kilometre (930-acre) village has a population (2024) of 7,143 and aRead more
population density of 1,890 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,900/sq mi).
Volda is home to the municipal administration, municipal schools, and the regional hospital. Volda University College is located there; the college enrolls about 3,000 students and specializes in education of teachers, animators, documentarists, and journalists. Volda has a shopping center as well as some industry. Volda Church is located in the central part of the village. The local newspaper is Avisa Møre. The Møre og Romsdal District Court has a court in Volda and the Søre Sunnmøre prosti (church deanery) is based in Volda.
The Ørsta–Volda Airport lies at Hovden, a site between the two villages of Volda and Ørsta, along the European route E39 highway which runs through both villages. There are also ferry connections to villages across the Voldsfjorden, linking Volda northwest to Lauvstad and southwest to Folkestad.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Volda?
Within an hour or so of Volda: Norangsdalen Valley (35 km), Ålesund Art Nouveau Town (37 km), Helsetkopen, Sunnmore (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning motorcycle jump) (48 km), Loen Skylift (51 km).
Are there any good drives near Volda?
The nearest famous roads are Ørnesvingen (Eagle Road), Geiranger–Trollstigen National Tourist Route and Old Strynefjell Road.
Where is Volda?
Volda is in Møre og Romsdal, Norway, about 7 km from Ørsta.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,809
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Norway
- Region
- Møre og Romsdal
- Timezone
- Europe/Oslo
- Coordinates
- 62.1460, 6.0711
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Worth the detour from Volda
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Ålesund Art Nouveau Town
A coastal town rebuilt entirely in Jugendstil Art Nouveau style after a 1904 fire, with ornate turrets and facades lining the harbour.
37 km · about 40 min drive
film location
Helsetkopen, Sunnmore (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning motorcycle jump)
The Norwegian ridge from which Tom Cruise rode a motorcycle off a purpose-built ramp for the film's speedcycle base jump.
48 km · about 55 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Loen Skylift
One of the steepest cable cars in the world lifts you from the fjord at Loen to Mount Hoven at 1,011 m in five minutes.
51 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
Geirangerfjord
A UNESCO World Heritage fjord of staggering beauty, its deep blue waters flanked by towering cliffs, waterfalls, and abandoned mountain farms.
53 km · about 60 min drive
waterfall
Seven Sisters Waterfall
Seven parallel streams free-falling up to 250 m down the sheer wall of the UNESCO-listed Geirangerfjord, facing the 'Suitor' falls across the water: best seen from the fjord ferry or Ørnesvingen road.
53 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
Lovatnet
Glacier-fed lake near Loen whose water is an almost unreal turquoise-green, ringed by 1,800 m peaks. A narrow road runs the length of the shore to the Kjenndalen glacier valley at its head.
56 km · about 65 min drive
photogenic
Kannesteinen
Wave-carved rock shaped like a 3 m stone mushroom standing in the surf at Oppedal on Vågsøy, 10 km from Måløy. A roadside oddity sculpted by millennia of pounding North Sea waves.
56 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Volda
8 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 35 kmNorangsdalen ValleyNorway's narrowest valley road, squeezed between scree walls between Hellesylt and the Hjørundfjord.
- 51 kmLoen SkyliftOne of the steepest cable cars in the world lifts you from the fjord at Loen to Mount Hoven at 1,011 m in five minutes.
- 57 kmØrnesvingen (Eagle Road)A series of dramatic hairpin bends descending to the Geiranger Fjord with an eagle's-eye view from the top.
- 57 kmEagle Road ViewpointThe summit viewpoint on Ornesvingen (Eagle's Bend), looking straight down into the Geirangerfjord and its famous Seven Sisters waterfall.
- 57 kmOrnesvingen (Eagle Road)Eleven hairpins climbing from Geiranger to a railing-edge viewpoint over the fjord and Seven Sisters.
- 59 kmGeiranger–Trollstigen National Tourist RouteNorway's most famous tourist route connecting the Geiranger Fjord to Trollstigen through spectacular mountain and fjord scenery.
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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